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3.73 AVERAGE
3.73 AVERAGE
emotional
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
slow-paced
I really wanted to like this book more than I did. After all, it's Philippa Gregory, an icon of historical fiction. My greatest bugbear was the way the characters were written and they way they thought internally. I found the characters one-dimensional and very unbelievable, even though they are real life characters. There was nothing in the plot to make you read on. The pace was okay, but it alternated between first and third person so rapidly, it was easy to put the book down. I finished the book because I wanted to get to the next one and not because I was interested in what happened. The end of the book was rushed and disjointed, but the saving grace of this book is learning more about Queen Katherine, of whom I knew little about prior to her marriage to Arthur. This book has not turned me off of Philippa Gregory, as I quite enjoyed The White Queen. I read this book so I can read The Other Boleyn Girl, but refuse to read a series unless it is in the order it is meant to be read!
This book did not capture me as much as The Other Boleyln Girl. But having read that one first, I think it made this one more interesting.
adventurous
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Philippa Gregory is known for taking liberties with history in her books but this is a whole new level, even for her. I found the pacing of this book horrendous. It spends a great deal of time on her early life and spends only one short chapter on her divorce with Henry. If she wanted such a focus on Katherine’s early years of marriage then this should have been split into a second book to show Katherine’s perspective on the divorce proceedings.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
informative
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated